Kuchu Buranko Wins Pulcinella Award 2010

by dtshyk
Apr 23, 2010 7:26 AM | 25 Comments

Cartoons on the Bay announced the winners of Pulcinella Awards 2010. Kuchu Buranko (Flying Trapeze) was chosen for the best TV anime for young adults. Marie & Gali was nominated for the best TV anime for tweens but missed the prize.

Cartoons on the Bay Festival was held from April 15th - 17th in Positano, Italy. It is the sole anime festival specialized in TV series. Kuchu Branko was also awarded the Prize for Filming Technology by Motion Picture and Television Engineering Society of Japan.

Sources: Cartoons Bay official website, Presepe

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Eiko said:
The beginning was really weird. But it got really good later on and the end was great!
It definitely deserves this award.

Thanks. I feel more enthusiastic about picking it up now.

Apr 25, 2010 7:52 AM by ukonkivi

Congrats for Kuchu Buranko! It was enjoyable anime.

Apr 25, 2010 5:39 AM by tsubasalover

Congratulations. This was definetely one of the best anime of the year.

Apr 25, 2010 2:26 AM by ladyxzeus

ukonkivi said:
What I saw of the first episode was weird. Congrats?

The beginning was really weird. But it got really good later on and the end was great!
It definitely deserves this award.

Apr 24, 2010 10:55 AM by Eiko

I need to pick that back up.
That and a million other anime.

What I saw of the first episode was weird. Congrats?

Apr 24, 2010 8:07 AM by ukonkivi

'Trapeze' is just subtitle for the first novel. Thus, Sky Swing is a correct term.

I'm so excited about this news. I LOVED trapeze. It was definitely the best I've watched in 2009. Definitely deserve this.

Apr 24, 2010 4:14 AM by ringoo4

JadeMatrix said:

kuroshiroi said:

dtshyk said:
Flying Trapeze

Shouldn't this just be Trapeze, since Kuuchuu Buranko literally means Sky Swing; A trapeze is a swing that seemingly flies through the sky. My guess is that the producers of the show gave the festival this translation but it just struck me as odd.

[nitpicking]

'Trapeze' is a fairly general term.

[/nitpicking]

Makes sense, I suppose. Still doesn't change the fact that the Japanese title is composed of two nouns and doesn't indicate which type of trapeze or trapeze act they're referring to. Anyway...

Apr 23, 2010 5:40 PM by kuroshiroi

NICE

Apr 23, 2010 5:12 PM by brono11

Good for them.

Apr 23, 2010 4:45 PM by AlexSadist-sama

kuroshiroi said:

dtshyk said:
Flying Trapeze

[nitpicking]

'Trapeze' is a fairly general term.

[/nitpicking]

Apr 23, 2010 4:43 PM by JadeMatrix

Glad to see Trapeze win an award. Thought it would be pushed to the side, but definitely one of the better shows of last year.

Apr 23, 2010 3:54 PM by velcom

cyruz said:
It was nice, but it wasn't that good. Undeserved imho.

it could be worse

Apr 23, 2010 3:26 PM by Metty

Yeeeeeeees! <33 This makes me all kinds of happy.

Koyuki-Kakashi said:
I wouldn't make a fuss about it...since the whole thing seems to be promoted by Rai, but the show did seem promising to me.
Anyway, was browsing the english page but didn't find the motivation of the award that was instead put on the italian one:

"Rappresentazione unica nel suo genere del complesso mondo interiore degli adolescenti"

ENG: Unique representation of the complex inner world of adolescents

*scratches head* Is it really so? I still haven't watched it, but the plot didn't seem like that to me...probably I'm wrong...

On the surface, it doesn't seem like it would be that great, doesn't it? But honsetly, it's so much more than what it looks like. Especially the ending.~ If you don't mind the weirdness, you should definitely watch it.

Apr 23, 2010 2:44 PM by head-go-boom

I wouldn't make a fuss about it...since the whole thing seems to be promoted by Rai, but the show did seem promising to me.
Anyway, was browsing the english page but didn't find the motivation of the award that was instead put on the italian one:

"Rappresentazione unica nel suo genere del complesso mondo interiore degli adolescenti"

ENG: Unique representation of the complex inner world of adolescents

*scratches head* Is it really so? I still haven't watched it, but the plot didn't seem like that to me...probably I'm wrong...

Apr 23, 2010 2:38 PM by AtomicNun

It was nice, but it wasn't that good. Undeserved imho.

Apr 23, 2010 12:47 PM by cyruz

Most deserved award in the story of anime.

Trapeze is such an underrated show.

Apr 23, 2010 12:31 PM by Usami-Haru

Best 2009 anime, it sure deserves.
Need to watch this Marie & Gali one.

Apr 23, 2010 11:54 AM by taterhead

Awesome show was awesome. That show was funnnnnnnnnnnn.

Apr 23, 2010 11:37 AM by BasakaNZ

now they make me curious need to watch it

Apr 23, 2010 8:50 AM by Mr_Gutts

Let me be the first to say... EFF YES!

Trapeze is glorious.